Talks at the Schomburg
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David Remnick
David Remnick, Randall Kennedy, and William Jelani Cobb with Farai Chideya
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
7 p.m.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (Map and directions)
Join David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker; Randall Kennedy, Harvard Law School professor; and William Jelani Cobb, professor of Africana Studies at Rutgers University; for a conversation about the Obama Administration. All three participants have written extensively about President Obama and will discuss their views on critical moments in his first term and his chances for reelection. Journalist Farai Chideya will moderate the discussion.
Randall Kennedy
This program is part of Talks at the Schomburg, a new series at the Schomburg Center featuring some of the world’s leading artists and thinkers, hosted on its legendary stage in the Langston Hughes Auditorium. The 90-minute evening sessions are exceptionally curated to allow for the highest standard of broad-ranging conversations between skilled interlocutors and prize-winning writers, filmmakers, political analysts, and thinkers.
Stage for Debate
William Jelani Cobb
Touré and Khalil Gibran Muhammad, with Dorian Warren
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7 p.m.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture